My name is David Horlacher. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, August 16, 1931. That makes me 81 years of age.(The picture on the left was taken about fifteen years ago, when I still had brown hair.)

I received my BA from Dartmouth in 1953 and my Ph.D. from Penn State in 1973. I taught economics at Bucknell for about ten years and then at Susquehanna University for another ten years. I was Chief of the Population and Development Section of the UN for still another ten years. I joined the faculty in the Spring of 1992. Since coming here, I have taught Population Economics (EC428) , Economic Development (EC325), the Economics of Transition. (EC230) and Basic Microeconomics (EC155). This year, I will teach Economics 428 and EC155.

In 1994 and again in 1996, I taught in Vietnam. In 1995, I taught in Moscow. In 1997 and in 1999, I taught in Almaty, Kazakhstan. On other occasions I taught in Cairo and Beijing. Recently, I have been working at the Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria examining the economic effects of the aging of the Japanese population. As part of my IIASA work, I travelled to Tokyo, Beijing and Moscow. I also presented papers at meetings of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) in Salvador, Brazil and Bangkok, Thailand. I was formerly involved in a IIASA project entitled “Pathways to Health in the Russian Federation”. I am now involved in a project designed to identify the worldwide health effects of rapid urbanization.

My wife, Marie, and I were married in 1953. We have four children (two boys and two girls) and eight grandchildren (four boys and four girls).and one great grandchild. Our parents are no longer living.

My office is in Room 311 Munroe. Though my official office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, you are welcome to visit anytime. Come on over anytime. You are always welcome!

 If you would like to contact me, my e-mail address is: horlache@middlebury.edu